The Greatest is laid to rest and even in death Ali draws the multitudes... Tyson, Lewis, Arnie and Beckham say farewell

 

The Greatest in his other art form - that brutal nobility of the squared ring - transcended boxing, transcended sport, transcended all the oceans of this planet. Hence the family invited the world to his funeral. And the world came. Came in their thousands to cram a suitably sporting arena for the public rites.